Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. – John 14:1
The Old Testament reveals God the Father in contrasting ways. He’s the One who created Adam and Eve, yet He banished them from the garden, He’s the One that rescued the Israelites from the Egyptians, yet had them wander around in the desert for forty years. He’s the One who saved Noah in the ark, yet killed everyone else in a flood. He’s described as loving and merciful, yet holy and strict against sin. Obviously, human comfort isn’t God’s first priority. His priority is a loving relationship with His people, yet He is holy and the human sin nature gets in the way.
The New Testament reveals God the Father through the life of His Son. Jesus went around healing people of their diseases, delivering them from demons, and teaching them about the Kingdom of God. Ultimately, He paid the price for sin by dying on the cross. He satisfied the Holy One’s requirement for sin to be punished and made a way for people to have a loving relationship with their Creator. Picture the cross as the intersection of holiness and love.
Jesus is the picture of who God is. “He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature” (Hebrews 1:3). Today’s verse says, “Let not your hearts be troubled.” No matter what the circumstance, you can have peace in your mind and emotions. This Christmas season, pray for the citizens and leaders of the nation to get a clear picture of who God the Father is, through Christ, and the close relationship He wants to have with each individual.
Today’s Verse: John 14:1
“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Recommended for further reading: John 14:1-11
14 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. 4 And you know the way to where I am going.” 5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”
8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. 11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves.
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
